We're making the ocean safer and friendlier, for the people who foster our global economy.

Seafarer is one of the most hazardous job on Earth. Despite this, every day, men and women sail at sea to ship 80% of our consumer goods. We believe that Artificial Intelligence is the key to provide better work conditions to the amazing people who support the world's trade and prosperity.

Meet the team

Ugo Vollmer

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Ugo is passionate about the two sides of the coin: the technology and the people making it. With a great track record leading an engineering team at MapBox working on autonomous systems, he decided that the cargo industry deserved as much attention as the trucking industry. He co-founded Shone.

Clément Renault

CO-FOUNDER

Clement is passionate about solving complex problems using technology. This led him to work on jet engines for the world's largest aircraft, the Airbus A380, optimize wifi performance using machine learning, and design the brain of self-driving trucks. Clement holds a Master of Science from Stanford and has worked in France, England and the US. He co-founded Shone.

Antoine de Maleprade

CO-FOUNDER & CTO

Antoine made his first rockets at 5. He graduated from ENS, then took a position of researcher at MIT. His love for automated drones didn't stop there and after working with Parrot and Camp Six, he co-founded Shone.

Aurélien Girardeau

Software

Aurélien is one of those rare talents that can make anything just works.Aurélien joins Shone with the desire of changing the cargo shipping industry.

Valentin Perret

BUSINESS

Despite being a business guy, Valentin has always been attracted by company changing the world through technological innovations. After graduating from HEC Paris and UC Berkeley, he co-founded an analytics startup (viewprint) and worked several years in M&A (Alten) and data (Turo). He then decided to join Shone to help the founders define their business plan and go to market strategy. He is now working on business development and business operations.

Steph Wang

Operations

After getting her J.D. in 2014, Steph realized that she much preferred the fast pace of startups to the hushed atmosphere of the court room. Steph joined Shone after helping build the team at the Fin Exploration Company. When she's home, Steph feeds her sourdough mother and enjoys yoga, biking and exploring hiking trails around the Bay Area with her son and husband.

Jaahanavee Sikri

software

Jaahanavee loves creating things, be it on a canvas or an IDE. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas, where she honed her full-stack skills. In her free time Jaahanavee enjoys reading, cooking and playing video games.

Patoin Zougmoré

software

Patoin is devoted to put his software engineering skills to solve problems from the physical world. He previously worked on building maps for autonomous vehicles, optimizing supply chains, and developing real-time monitoring solutions of heavy equipment by retrofitting them with connected technologies. All those experiences fit with Shone's vision and roadmap, and more, and Patoin is thrilled to be part of the team to make it happen!

Meet the team

Ugo Vollmer

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Ugo is passionate about the two sides of the coin: the technology and the people making it. With a great track record leading an engineering team at MapBox working on autonomous systems, he decided that the cargo industry deserved as much attention as the trucking industry. He co-founded Shone.

Clément Renault

CO-FOUNDER

Clément is an engineer at heart. After graduating from Stanford, he decided that decision systems were his stuff, in particular autonomous systems.

Clément Renault

CO-FOUNDER

Clement is passionate about solving complex problems using technology. This led him to work on jet engines for the world's largest aircraft, the Airbus A380, optimize wifi performance using machine learning, and design the brain of self-driving trucks. Clement holds a Master of Science from Stanford and has worked in France, England and the US. He co-founded Shone.

Antoine de Maleprade

CO-FOUNDER & CTO

Antoine made his first rocket at 14 and filed his first patent at 17. He graduated from ENS, then researched autonomous swarms of drones at MIT. His love for automated drones didn't stop there and after working with Parrot and Camp Six, he co-founded Shone.

Aurelien Girardeau

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Aurélien Girardeau

Software

Aurélien is one of those rare talents that can make anything just works.Aurélien joined Shone with the desire of changing the cargo shipping industry.

Valentin Perret

BUSINESS

Despite being a business guy, Valentin has always been attracted by company changing the world through technological innovations. After graduating from HEC Paris and UC Berkeley, he co-founded an analytics startup (viewprint) and worked several years in M&A (Alten) and data (Turo). He then decided to join Shone to help the founders define their business plan and go to market strategy. He is now working on business development and business operations.

Aurelien Girardeau

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Stephanie Wang

Operations

After getting her J.D. in 2014, Steph realized that she much preferred the fast pace of startups to the hushed atmosphere of the court room. Steph joined Shone after helping build the team at the Fin Exploration Company. When she's home, Steph feeds her sourdough mother and enjoys yoga, biking and exploring hiking trails around the Bay Area with her son and husband.

Jaahanavee Sikri

Software

Jaahanavee loves creating things, be it on a canvas or an IDE. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas, where she honed her full-stack skills. In her free time Jaahanavee enjoys reading, cooking and playing video games.

Aurelien Girardeau

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Patoin Zougmoré

Software

Patoin is devoted to put his software engineering skills to solve problems from the physical world. He previously worked on building maps for autonomous vehicles, optimizing supply chains, and developing real-time monitoring solutions of heavy equipment by retrofitting them with connected technologies. All those experiences fit with Shone's vision and roadmap, and more, and Patoin is thrilled to be part of the team to make it happen!